found the 540's for about $50 from blue sky cycling, been a great pedal, I run the multi release cleat, very easy out.

first post. but not a newbie- been road racing and road riding for quite some time now... but never put clipless pedals on my mountain bike- until now.

my first question is probably a stupid one- as i'm really not familiar with the offroad world. does/did LOOK ever make an offroad pedal? i ask only because it would be nice to keep the same system on all my bikes and ive ridden with LOOKs since the very early 90s...

second- when looking at Crank Bros. or Shimano- will most all offroad shoes accomodate either choice?


thanks in advance for informative replies.

Look doesn't list any mountain bike pedals in their catalog. Their system uses a much larger cleat then the SPD or Crank Bros. which would not be good for off-road use. You will end up walking more off-road and you don't want a large slippery cleat under your foot when you go off-road.

Most all of the pedal/shoe combinations for off-road are compatible. You might have to do some minor surgery on the shoe to get it to fit properly but it's usually not much of a problem. Just be sure to get a mountain bike shoe with a good agressive sole on it. 'Cause as bad as a large slippery cleat is off-road, a large slippery shoe is even worse:D

A friend of mine just gave me these. I love em. The cage around them helps me locate my cleat without looking.

http://nbs1.homeunix.net/~Randy/pics/M424.jpg

heavyyyyy

I dont get it

They're on a bike that already weighs 29lbs.

:rolleyes:

oh I see, oh well

I used the very similar 545's as my first pair of clipless's back in the day. The learning curve is a bit faster because you can buy yourself time finding the entry point while still moving on technical terrain. After a while I really started preferring the simplicity of the 540's and could get into them almost 100% of the time. I mostly XC and singletrack - no DH racing.

http://treads.com/images/library/lar...dm545_05_m.jpg

ive always used the time clipless i love them
http://www.pricepoint.com/images/sty...0%20TIMAB9.jpg

Yeah, my bike came with 505's and I'd been riding on those for 3 months before I put those on. It wasn't always a big deal, but when you're exhausted trying to click in after losing some momentum on a monster climb, the cages help.

http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...pless%20Pedals

Nashbar pedals have been good to me. cheap, light, SPD compatible and 20 bucks.

I like my CB Candy pedals.... cheap and work very well. A huge improvement from SPDs if you ask me.

If you are on a budget I strongly suggest Wellgo pedals. Work as good and sometimes better than Shimano and are a tad cheaper.

Ricardo

I had these cleats for a couple of months and the plastic cage broke when my foot hit a rock. I just use the Shimano M-520 SPD now, which work okay.

okeedokee...

got my shoes and stole the 520s off my kids road bike and set out. everything is as it should be- but ive got a question for the more experienced mountain bikers out there...

spring tension. do you run it light so can put a foot down quickly? or tune it tight to keep your feet from unclipping through the rough stuff.

and dont say- "somewhere in the middle" as that's obvious. i'm looking for which of the two options most of you lean towards.

thanks in advance